Mates & Allies

Tension filled the truck as Tavo drove them back to the house. It was the least he could do before Jett set out to try and take over Zeb’s claw. His gut twisted every time he thought of his mate in danger, and yet there was a good chance Jett had been in danger prior to this, and he simply hadn’t known.

Leaving the pack in Stetson, Tavin, and Cayd’s capable hands seemed like the right decision. Deke still didn’t know if he wanted to keep the pack long term, and it’d be good if there were someone close to the pack who could take it over. The lone wolves—they still hadn’t thought of a better name for them—needed some leadership. Once they had it, and Tavo could already see it, they’d bloom. Bunny had helped tailoring some of the donated clothing and teaching a couple of the other wolves to sew, including a thin young man by the name of Davyel who had emerged from the wild a few days after Deke took over, muttered a relieved “thank god”, had explained he didn’t like living around people, then returned to his camp.

Deke had visited him where he’d pledged his loyalty, said he would have been at the original meeting if he’d known what had happened, but it was best if he stayed away. Whatever had happened had scarred him, and Deke chose to honor his wishes.

Jett could be walking into a situation like that. Then, he pulled up in front of his house, not surprised when he opened it to the smell of something delicious in the oven and the refrigerator full of food to keep them. He’d texted his father to let them know what was happening. His stomach rumbled as he helped the others unload their suitcases.

“I want a hot shower,” Colt announced as he took his suitcase upstairs.

“First dibs on that ass,” Jett called as he bounded up the stairs after Colt.

Deke looked at Tavo, shrugged and grinned, and followed them upstairs leaving Tavo to check the instructions left for the food and turn the oven down to warm to keep dinner until they were ready to eat. Right now he, like his mates, was hungry for something other than food. With being responsible out of the way, he hurried upstairs to hear Deke and Colt’s voices coming from the bath and Jett stripping in his room.

“Come here, ponyboy.” Jett shoved his pants down, kicking them off to stand there in his socks and boxer briefs. “I know you don’t like the idea of my going to fight Zeb for the claw.” He raked his fingers through his hair. “Hell, I never thought I’d be the one to take over the claw. I always thought I’d be the outcast half-human cougar shifter among them, and now…” His words trailed off. Realizing Tavo still stood in the doorway he walked toward him. “Until you decide how you want to mark us, I think I get to be the kitty creme in a shifter sandwich. I don’t want you to feel left out.” He cupped Tavo’s head and pulled him in for a long, deep kiss that left them both breathless.

“I don’t think I’ll be left out.” Tavo grinned. “Besides, it’ll be delicious watching you get fucked. Are you going to take both wolves at the same time?”

Jett shivered at the thought, then Deke was there, a towel wrapped around his waist, freshly showered and smelling delicious. “You guys start without me?” He kissed first Tavo, then Jett.

“Not yet. My room is bigger. I think we’re going to need the space.” Tavo turned and cupped Deke’s muscled ass through the towel, giving it a squeeze as he walked past. He pulled off his shirt and kicked off his jeans just inside the door to his room. He had enough time to grab a bottle of lube and put it on the nightstand, turning to see Colt, fully naked with his hair still damp from the shower, carrying a second bottle into the room.

Deke and Jett followed, both naked. Deke turned to Colt. “You ready? Our kitty needs some mate marks, and I think he wants them both at the same time.”

“I’m ready, and I’ll give the alpha choice in holes,” Colt sat on the edge of the bed.

“Then I fuck, you get sucked.” Deke slapped Jett’s bare ass. “On your hands and knees on the bed, kitty kat.”

Jett started to mouth “fuck you”, then stopped and grinned. “As long as I can watch Tavo fuck Colt.” He went to the bed and positioned himself on all fours, wiggling his ass in the air. “How’s this, alpha?”

Colt leaned across the bed and kissed Jett, distracting him while Deke moved to position himself behind Jett’s tight ass. Tavo wanted to watch the show, his dick twitching with the desire to be inside one of them.

Deke leaned over Jett, raining kisses along his back and spine, then sucking a kiss with a big red mark right on the side of his left hip until Jett moaned and struggled to stay on all fours.

Colt moved into position in front of him. Watching them made Tavo hot, and yet he couldn’t move, so transfixed by the site of his mate on hands and knees submissively waiting for Colt and Deke to fill him. As if he couldn’t take it any longer, Jett reached out and cupped Colt’s shaft, bringing it closer to his mouth so he could swirl his tongue around the tip.

Tavo’s mate marks hummed with the restrained passion filling Colt, the sense of power and purpose that he’d found his pack, found his mates, and now would be bringing them all together. Tavo moved toward the bed just as Jett wrapped his lips around the end of Colt’s dick and began working his way down the shaft.

“That’s it, kitty cat, take him deep. I want to watch you swallow him.” Deke smoothed his hand over the red mark he’d made on Jett’s hip, then shifted just enough to grab the bottle of lube. He poured some into his hand, then reached around to stroke Jett’s cock. “I want to milk you dry while you suck our mate’s cock.”

Jett moaned around the shaft in his mouth, which was just the encouragement Tavo needed to snag the other bottle of lube and move to kneel behind Colt. He glanced over Colt’s shoulder to look down at Jett. “You’re so damn sexy sucking off our mate.” He bent his head and licked the marks on Colt’s shoulder, sending a visible shudder through Jett.

Tavo took his time kissing Colt’s shoulders and back, then reaching around to stroke his chest and toy with his nipples. Watching Jett come undone, the cougar shifter trying so hard not to orgasm, but with each stroke of Deke’s fingers moved closer and closer to the precipice. Colt was close to coming as well, Tavo sensed it in the sharp jerks of his hips as he fucked Jett’s mouth and the groans emerging between panting breaths.

Deke alternated between working Jett’s cock and running slick fingers around his hole. Jett was close to begging, and frankly so was Tavo. He squirted lube onto his fingers and began working along Colt’s crack and hole until he could push two fingers inside.

Colt groaned as Tavo worked his ass, replacing his fingers with the tip of his cock. He pushed forward, and in one, smooth stroke filled his mate.

At that moment Deke thrust into Jett, making him come, with a hoarse cry muffled by the dick in his mouth. As if that started a chain reaction, Colt shuddered and spilled himself into Jett’s mouth, the cougar licking and sucking him clean. He pulled back, only to have Colt draw him upwards enough to run his lips and tongue over the mate marks.

“Do it! Mark him!” Deke ordered. “I can feel all of you. So damn good.”

Finding a spot where neck and shoulder met, Colt shifted just enough to elongate his canines and pierce Jett’s skin. A moment later he must have completed the mark because a lightning bolt of ecstasy jolted through Tavo as one more piece of their bond fell into place. Then Deke’s head was there, and he was marking Jett, who came again from the force of the pleasure coursing through their bonds.

Deke’s gaze met Tavo’s over Jett and Colt between them. An emotion hot and primal flashed between them, then Deke closed his eyes, his face a mask of rapturous passion, as he came hard, moaning as he stiffened and shot his load into Jett’s ass.

Exhausted from the marking and the sex, Jett released a muffled sound of pleasure. Deke’s arm held Jett to him like a steel band.

Tavo came in a rush, as if he were waiting for his mates to complete to finish himself inside of Colt.

Deke released Jett, and the four of them slumped into a pile of exhausted shifters on the bed.

Tavo was the first to move, managing to make it to the bathroom where he got four washcloths, using one to clean himself up, then returning to the bed. Deke stirred to take two of them, one for himself, and then he turned to Jett and began cleaning him up. Tavo cared for Colt before taking the washcloth back to the bathroom’s dirty clothes pile. Then he snuggled into bed, wrapped one arm around Colt, reaching for Jett with the other, and for the first time in a long time fell into an exhausted sleep with his mates.

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Jett napped for maybe an hour sandwiched between Colt and Deke. Waking up next to them was a treat, one he wanted to savor. His stomach rumbled, and he pulled on a pair of boxers to go downstairs and find something to eat. Just as he was pulling the casserole out of the oven, Deke appeared beside him.

“Should we wake the others? This smells delicious.” He loved Tavo’s mother’s cooking, and it’d be just another thing he’d miss when he took over Zeb’s claw. Given how large the claw was, he didn’t think he’d be coming back here very often. His gut twisted with the thought.

“Let’s let them sleep a bit longer.” Deke found plates and held them out while Jett put generous helpings on each one, then took them to the bar. Jett brought silverware and sat next to him. Neither one said anything while they cleaned their plates, then began searching for the salad and bread with fresh butter that the note had mentioned going along with the meal. “I think we need to talk. What you’re about to do isn’t something to be taken lightly, and I know you’re not. I had to take over the lone wolves. You’re about to attempt a coup.”

Jett bristled at Deke’s words. They were true. It was a coup that members of the claw were asking for and probably needed to be done for his and his mates’ safety. That didn’t make it any easier. Zeb could find others to continue his drug trade, or he could find something else to do. None of that had anything to do with the Redsand herd or his mates. He feared if he didn’t take on Zeb, take over his claw, that harm would come to them. And if that happened he could never forgive himself.

“I’m not throwing shade,” Deke added, then smiled at him. “I think it’s pretty damn admirable. You’re keeping us safe. Redsand safe. Our pack safe, including the lone wolves. I also don’t see one big cougar-wolf pack-claw whatever you want to call it forming from this. And damn it, I’m selfish enough not to want you away from us for that long.” He reached out and cupped Jett’s shoulder. “You’re my mate. I care for you a lot. I haven’t given much thought to love. But I love you, Jett, just as I love Tavo and Colt. I’m standing beside you. I also want to make sure that you know what you’re doing, because this is a bell that can’t be unrung.”

“Then talk to me,” Jett said between mouthfuls of food. “You’ve worked with Shifters United. Tell me what I need to know. I never thought I’d have a claw, let alone lead one.”

Deke spoke while they finished their meals and then took care of the dishes. By that time a sleepy Tavo and Colt, both in pajama bottoms, came downstairs with their hair rumpled and satisfied looks on their faces making Jett think they’d gone another round. Let them. His mate marks buzzed with contentment now that the bonds were sealed between them. His cougar rested the sleep of the sated.

Deke continued the conversation while Tavo and Colt ate so by the time they were finished everyone had a good idea what to expect. Whatever happened, they were prepared. A text from Randy confirmed the date. They had twenty-four hours to love one another, because after that nothing was guaranteed.